Table-leg attachment.



PATENTED APR. 19, 1904.

J. F. ARNOLD. TABLE LEG ATTACHMENT. APPLIOATION nun MAY 5, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

Patented April 19, 1904.

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JACOB F. ARNOLD, OF MASSILLON, OHIO.

TABLE-LEG ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 757,712, dated April 19, 1904;.

Application filed May 5, 1903. erial No. 155,778. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB F. ARNOLD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Massillon, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Table-Leg Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

For the storing, transportation, and moving of tables or other articles of furniture by the manufacturer, dealer, or the ultimate user it is very desirable to have the legs joined to the body so they can be readily detached and attached whenever it is necessary to pack or handle the tables. I attain this object by the attachment illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an under perspective view of the corner of a table with the leg broken away, showing the attachment in place; Fig. 2, an inverted plan view showing the attachment in partial engagement; Fig. 3, a section on line- 3 3, Fig. 2; Fig. 4, an inverted plan of the legplate, and Fig. 5 an inverted perspective view of the table-bracket.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

The bracket 1 is formed or attached on the under side of the table 2, the body of which bracket is formed as a ring and has on its inner edges. the flanges 3, which flanges are spaced apart to form the intervening notches 4. The bracket-flanges are located at an interval from the under face of the table, and the adjacent faces of the flanges are inclined lengthwise, thus forming the wedge-shaped sockets 5 between the flanges and the table. The recess 6 is provided on one side of the bracket next to the table and forms a radial slot opening into one of the notches in the bracket, the face of which slot is continued and inclined to conform to the inclined face of the adjoining bracket-flange.

The plate 7 is formed or attached on the upper end of the leg 8, the body of which plate is formed as a disk and of suitable size to enter inside of the bracket-flanges, and on the periphery of the disk are formed the radial lugs 9, which lugs are spaced apart and formed to enter freely through the bracket-notches. The under side of the plate-lugs are inclined 5 lengthwise, so as to form wedges adapted to enter in the bracket-sockets by the rotation of the plate when the lugs are inserted throegh the bracket-notches. One of the plate-lugs is preferably extended outward and forms the radial arm 10, which arm is adapted to be entered through the bracket-slot. To attach the leg to the table, the arm of the;leg-plate is inserted endwise through the bracket-slot,

as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and the plate is moved sidewise until the plate-lugs register with the bracket-notches, whereupon the lugs are entered through notches, and the plate is then rotated by a slight turn of the leg on its axis, and the wedge-lugs are entered into the 5 similar sockets and forced therein far enough to make a tight fit. The plate is then stopped from turning back by the screw 11 passing through the locking-arm into the table or by other suitable means. The leg is detached 7 from the table by merely reversing these steps.

Itwill be understood that the extension of one of the plate-lugs can be omitted, thus rendering the radial slot in the bracket unnecessary, in which event the plate-lugs are insert- 7 5 ed directly through the bracket-notches without the preliminary sidewise movement of the plate; but to afford convenient means for looking the attachment I prefer to use the extended arm through the radial slot, as herein described.

hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination, atable, a circular bracket on the table. flanges on the inner edge ofjhe s bracket and notches between the flanges, wedgesha )ed sockets between the flanges and the table and a radial slot in the bracket opening in one notch; and a leg, a circular plate on the leg, a radial arm on the plate adapted 9 to enter the slot and wedge-shaped lugs on the plate adapted to enter through the notches into the sockets. e

2. In combination, a circular bracket, flanges on the inner edge of the bracket and notches In testimony Whereo'f Ihave signed my name between the flanges, Wedge-shaped sockets 1n to this specification 1n the presence of two subthe flanges and a radial slot opening 1n one scrlbmg Witnesses.

notch; and a circular plate, a radial arm on JACOB F. ARNOLD. 5 the plate adapted to enter the slot, and Wedge- Witnesses:

shaped lugs on the plate adapted to enter Mrs. J. F. ARNOLD,

through the notches into the sockets. HARRY FREASE. 

